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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - February 2, 2007 - Domain name registrar, GoDaddy.com, has debuted new Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates, available for sale and ready-to-install. A recent Netcraft report acclaimed Go Daddy as the largest U.S. SSL Host noting, “Go Daddy firmly established its dominance of the U.S. market in 2006.”

An SSL Certificate is a digital credential that authenticates the identity of a Web site and encrypts information via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. Created to establish online business identities, enable secure connections and promote online consumer confidence, EV SSLs set a higher standard for secure and successful online businesses. Like Go Daddy Turbo SSL and High Assurance SSL, the new EV SSL offers industry-leading 256-bit encryption technology. A thorough, standardized verification process affords EV SSL owners an opportunity to tout completion of the most stringent vetting process for SSL encryption available today.

The EV SSL vetting process involves verifying the applying organization’s identity and typically requires a letter from a representing attorney or accountant. While the new guidelines are strict, Go Daddy EV SSL certificates can be issued within two to four hours after all required documentation is received.

When users access sites encrypted with EV SSLs using Internet Explorer® 7, the first browser to distinguish EV certificates, the site’s secure status is immediately evident. The browser’s address bar reflects a green background and the name of the organization to which the certificate was issued, along with the familiar https:// prefix and padlock icon. Other browsers currently handle EV SSLs like normal certificates and are expected to distinguish them soon.

Warren Adelman, President and COO of Go Daddy remarked, “EV SSLs are the next logical step for us as a Certificate Authority. Internet shoppers need to know they are protected when they input financial or otherwise personal information online and EV certificates help accommodate that. Go Daddy has been part of the process of creating the EV standard since its inception. We were happy to work with browser vendors and our fellow certificate authorities in bringing this to fruition.”

Go Daddy is a leading provider of services developed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration and web site hosting services, as well as a broad array of on-demand and other services. The Go Daddy Group is the world’s largest domain name registrar, with approximately 14.6 million domain names under management as of June 30, 2006 and North America’s largest shared web site hosting provider. During the final six months of 2005, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top five generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz and .info.

For more information about Go Daddy’s EV SSL, please visit: www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp.

To learn more about Go Daddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.

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